James McAvoy and Robin Wright lead the cast of Robert Redford’s The Conspirator. It’s Redford’s attempt to address his concerns with our current legal issues regarding fair trials for terrorists in the light of the death of Abraham Lincoln. Based on a true story,the film is a courtroom drama where the odds are stacked against a client who’s guilt is more circumstantial than actual. Find out more below…
The 30th Annual Sundance Film Festival kicked off with a discussion between festival founder Robert Redford, current festival director John Cooper, and 2012 festival director Keri Putnam. The trio talked about the state of Sundance today with regard to its history, and where it may be headed in the future. It’s clear that they all care very deeply about their work here, and really want to maintain its vision of support for artists and filmmakers. To find out more about what they discussed, and to see exactly what they said, check out the rest of the article after the jump…
Today the brains behind Sundance Film Festival, Robert Redford and John Cooper sat down to a press conference at the Egyptian theater to talk about going back to the festivals roots and why it’s still so important to keep making indie films and getting them seen. As you may remember from some of my earlier comments, one of my bring problems with the festival is that the majority of the feature films do not seem that “indie.” Most of them have a minimum of 3 huge A-list faces on the poster and most likely so wealthy producers to back it, which hardly seems fair to the little guy. Luckily both Redford and Cooper had something to say on the matter…
I just got back from a press conference with Robert Redford and John Cooper which we’ll have video clips, photos, and a full audio recording from soon, but the most amazing part happened directly after the press conference. As we were getting up to leave, I heard someone saying that they wanted “Roger” to get a picture with “Robert”. I looked around and a crowd had gathered around where I was standing and I realized that Roger Ebert was sitting directly behind me and that Robert Redford had just walked through the audience to say hello to him. I quite literally could not have exited if I wanted to because I was so crammed next to the two film legions.
Robert Redford isn’t playing any games with his upcoming period drama, The Conspirator. Earlier today, we brought you two photos from the set of the movie that began filming Monday in Georgia, as well as the casting announcement of Toby Kebbell as John Wilkes Booth. Now, according to Variety, three more actors have joined the cast, Oscar winner Kevin Kline, Tom Wilkinson, and former Gilmore Girl Alexis Bledel.
Everytime I see Justin Long I want to burst into laughter. Not because he’s weird looking or anything, but because he’s been featured in some of my favorite comedies. According to THR, the actor is about to make a serious shift to drama in Robert Redford‘s highly publicized, The Conspirator.
We’ve known for a while that Steven Spielberg has been trying get his film about President Lincoln off the ground, but it has constantly been postponed due to budget and location problems. Last month we heard rumors that Robert Redford was thinking about making his own Lincoln project, titled The Conspirator with James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn.
It seems like a month is all Redford needed because he is looking to start shooting as early as next month with independent financing. Meanwhile Speilberg’s film still seems like a bit of a dream job with a much bigger budget.
So what do the two directors feel about one another?
How is this possible? How is Robert Redford making a film about Abraham Lincoln, before Steven Spielberg’s long gestating biopic? Apparently, it’s happening and the veteran actor-director isn’t wasting any time. According to Yahoo News, Redford will direct a film based on the assassination of our former president. The story won’t focus on John Wilkes Booth, but rather Mary Suratt. Who is she you ask? Find out below.
